It’s time for Glenica to return home to Kerbin! Edan will pilot Aurora 17 on its return to… meanwhile Samner and Shepely will remain on the Space Station. Before leaving, Glenica installs a backup new solar array to the station, as well as some new battery packs!

A resupply mission to MunBaseOne is launched on a Sarnus V rocket! This is the first time a resupply mission has been attempted to the base. With supplies running short on the first Mun settlement, if this mission isn’t a success the crew will have to evacuate to Unity Space Station in orbit!

The mission will do much more than just resupply the station. With any luck the installation of oxygen and water scrubbers and purifiers will let supplies on the station last much, much longer. Another item on the wish-list for KSEA planners is a better vehicle for delivering colonies to the surface of Mun. The present design works, but is wasteful and tends to create a lot of debris!

The new module rockets down to the surface, then starts rolling along toward MunBaseOne!

“I see it out the window! It’s almost here!”

-Sean

It takes some maneuvering, but the module gets into position…

Then docks with the base! The new systems should keep the base running for some time. Glenica, Sean, and Bill all report the air is much easier to breathe!

Aurora 16 arrives at Minmus, and Edan pilots the spacecraft to dock with Harmony Space Station! Glenica has been waiting for a crew for sometime now!

Aurora 17 docks! Edan and Shepley quickly transfer over to the lander, eager to get their turn down on Minmus!

Mission Planners have decided the next area for exploration will be a region in the lowlands of Minmus designated HSS LS04-A, where orbital scanners have detected an unusual anomaly.

The lander sets down – and already Edan spots the anomaly.

“That looks like one of those Monoliths! Strange though, I’d swear it was green, not black like the others!”

-Edan

Edan is right – the monolith appears to be the same dimensions as the others found, however it has a slight green hue to it. How unusual! Shepley performs all the scientific experiments he can, gets a surface sample, then the explorers return to the Research Lander!

Edan pilots the lander into orbit…

Then docks with Harmony Space Station! The crew will stay for a short time before heading back to Kerbin.